Box or crate for bottles, jars, and the like.



No. 892,126. `PATEN'IED .TUNE 30, 1908. G. M. BRANDT.

BOX 0R CRATE POR BOTTLES, JARS, AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 12. 1.907.

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CHARLES M. BRANDT, OE PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

- BOX OR CRATE FOR BOTTLES, JARS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 80, 1908.

Application led March 12, 1907. Serial No. 361,942.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. BRANDT, citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes or Crates for Bottles, Jars, and the Like and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thc invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a box or crate in which to ship or carry milk and similar bottles, the box being so constructed that, while it presents perfectly flat top and bottom faces so that two or more of the boxes may be conveniently stacked, it will securely hold each bottle, as well as the ice and salt with which the box may be packed, in fixed position in the box, and prevent the contents of the bottles from being thrown or splashed about and the ice and salt entering the bottles should the usual paper-disk stoppers be leaking or become removed.

My invention will be found fully illustrated the accompanying drawings, wherein, Figure 1 is a front view of the box partly in section; and, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of said box, partly in section and with a part of one of the covers broken away.

In said drawings, a is the box, having the usual hand holes b for carrying it and containing, say, two compartments, and c designates bottles.

d is a cover for each compartment, the covers preferably being hinged along their adjoining sides through the medium of strips f having' trunnions g at their ends arranged in inclined slots 7L in the sides of the box. When the covers are in their closed positions, the top surfaces thereof are flush with the top edge of the box, the purpose of the inclined slots for the trunnions d is to permit clearance as between certain of the bottles and certainy parts carried by the covers when the latter are lowered into the closed position and also to permit certain parts carried by the covers to bear substantially uniformly against all the bottles when the covers are closed.

'1l designates three cross pieces resting against the underside of each cover j denotes three strips arranged across the crosspieces i; c is a cup-shaped cap adapted to cover a bottle, there being one for each bottle, and m is a washer interposed between each cap and the corresponding strip j; Z designates screws whereby the several caps it', washers m, strips y' and the two outer cross-pieces i are secured to the cover d. Screws l may be used to attach the middle cross piece 'L' to the cover.

n is a locking bar carried by a spindle o which is ournaled in the middle cross-piece i and has a handle o arranged in an opening c in the cover d so that it will not project above the top surface of the cover. The caps It" are preferably made of metal and therefore have sufficient elasticity so that when the cover is pressed downwardly they yield and permit the ends of the locking-bar a to enter grooves p formed in the inside surfaces of the box.

Having lled the box with the bottles, and ice and salt if necessary, the covers are lowered into their closing position. /Vhen the covers are being lowered, the slots 7L pere mit the trunnions g to move upwardly so that the adjoining caps 7c will clear the tops of the corresponding bottles. Pressure is then ap lied to the covers, and, on account of the s ots 7L, this pressure is permitted to be uniform on all the bottles; the lockingbar n, which has so -far been in the position at the left in F ig. 2, is then turned in the position shown to the right in Fig. 2, its ends entering the grooves p and thus holding the cover down.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a crate or box for bottles, jars or the like, the combination of a box having opposed horizontal grooveslon inside surfaces thereof, a cover pivotally connected to said box, yielding caps for the bottles attached to the cover, a locking-bar arranged on the In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day ofFehruary, 1907.

CHARLES M. BRANDT.

under side of theeover and having its ends adapted to enter said grooves and an operating spindle having a handle and carrying said looking bar, said spindle being journaled in 5 the cover and the cover having an opening receiving the handle thereof, substantially as described.

Witnesses:

HERMAN BRANDT, JAMES B. NEWTON. 

